Complete the sentences with the words below.
• move
• roll
• throw
• pick
• form
1. In backgammon, you _ the dice.
2. In chess, the players _ the pieces on the chessboard.
3. During a game of darts, the players _ darts at the board.
4. In Scrabble, you try to _ words.
5. In blackjack, you _ up cards.
Listen and tick (√) the correct answer.
1. Alex hates _
A. actors.
B. drama clubs.
C. plays.
2.Alex thinks acting is _
A. exciting.
B. dull.
C. fun.
3. Sally doesn’t like _
A. writing.
B. workings.
C. acting.
4. The club meetings are on _
A. Mondays.
B. Tuesdays.
C. Thursdays.
Read the text and mark the sentences T (true) or F (false).
Quiet! Scrabble game in progress
Ben Loiterstein is a very famous man. He’s a teacher of English but also a Scrabble world champion. Ben believes that Scrabble belongs in the classroom. He says, “I use Scrabble in class all the time. It is a thrilling experience for the kids. They learn arithmetic, language, dictionary skills and team work. Scrabble teaches them everything in a really fun way.”
Other teachers seem to agree with him that Scrabble is a way for young people to have fun and learn at the same time. They think teenagers, who seldom open a dictionary, rarely go to the library and usually spend most of their time surfing the Internet, find playing Scrabble interesting. One of them says, “It’s the only time I ever see my students fight over a dictionary, or even open one!”
Ben visits classrooms across the country to help other teachers understand that Scrabble is an educationsl tool, a tool for improving strategic thinking and bringing people together.
1. Ben Loiterstein is a famous Scrabble teacher.
2. He doesn’t use Scrabble in class.
3. Students can learn language and arithmetic when they play Scrabble.
4. Ben thinks that young people have fun and learn while playing Scrabble.
5. Teachers believe that teenagers like playing Scrabble.
6. Ben goes to other schools to play Scrabble.